The Ivy (Los Angeles)
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The Ivy is a restaurant located at 113 N. Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles founded and owned by chef Richard Irving and interior designer Lynn von Kersting. They run the restaurant alongside their daughter India von Kersting Irving. Open since 1983, The Ivy is known for its historic significance to the LA food scene, popularity with celebrities, distinctive interiors, and its eclectic menu.{{cite news |url=http://www.newuniversity.org/main/article?slug=day_trippin%3A_the_cultural194 |title=Day Trippin': the Cultural Crossroads of Los Angeles |last=Delgado |first=Khassaundra |newspaper=New University |volume=42 |issue=32 |date=July 13, 2009 |publisher=University of California, Irvine |access-date=June 11, 2019 |quote=The boutiques on Robertson Boulevard are notorious celebrity hangouts and paparazzi lairs. The Ivy Restaurant is also a place frequented by celebrities and their friends. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729021024/http://www.newuniversity.org/main/article?slug=day_trippin%3A_the_cultural194 |archive-date=July 29, 2009}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Mariah |date=2022-05-03 |title=How the Ivy, Nobu, and Craig's Became Celebrity Hot Spots |url=https://www.eater.com/23046658/ivy-nobu-craigs-celebrity-hot-spot |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Eater |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=Power and celebrity still pulse at the Ivy, even if Bennifer has moved on |url=https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2023-04-13/the-ivy-restaurant-los-angeles-review |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Along with The Ivy, the family also owns and runs Ivy at the Shore on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, Dolce Isola: The Ivy Bakery in Beverlywood, and boutique interiors and homeware shop Indigo Seas, located across the street from The Ivy on Robertson Boulevard.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/movies/19hollywood.html |title=Yes, I Look Fabulous, but Inside I'm Saving |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=May 18, 2009 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=June 11, 2019}}
Ivy at the Shore
In 1985, Irving and von Kersting opened Ivy at the Shore on Ocean Avenue, near the Santa Monica pier. Ivy at the Shore serves a similar menu to The Ivy in a relaxed, tropical atmosphere with a scenic view of the Pacific Ocean, and features a front patio overlooking the ocean and a large outdoor garden in back. Shortly after its opening, it was acclaimed as ‘the restaurant of the year’ by Sharon Boorstin of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.
Dolce Isola: The Ivy Bakery
Irving and von Kersting opened Dolce Isola: The Ivy Bakery in 2007 inspired by Irving’s original LA Desserts bakery. Located at 2869 South Robertson, the bakery serves a shortened version of The Ivy menu with classics such as crab cakes, chopped salad, and chocolate chip cookies as well as sandwiches, pastries, seasonal gelato, coffee and juices.{{Cite web |last=Baum |first=Gary |date=2012-12-07 |title='The Best Thing I Ever Ate' Creator David Hoffman Takes THR's Taste Test |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/best-thing-i-ever-ate-399611/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Dolce Isola supplies desserts to the restaurants and also sells personalized occasion cakes.{{Cite web |date=2017-06-12 |title=The 15 Places That Serve The Best Cookies In LA |url=https://spoonuniversity.com/place/the-13-places-that-serve-the-best-cookies-in-la |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Spoon University |language=en-US}}
Celeb hotspot
The area around The Ivy on Robertson Boulevard is crowded with boutiques; paparazzi shooting for Us Weekly, In Touch or Life & Style; and tourists with "the largest herd of bulb flashers... found directly across the street from The Ivy, where stars and stargazers alike dine".{{cite news |url=http://www.lvrj.com/image/17079671.html |title=Shop Like A Celeb: L.A.'s Robertson Boulevard and Melrose Avenue can open your eyes to new boutiques |last=Garza |first=Xazmin |date=March 28, 2008 |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=June 11, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730031514/http://www.lvrj.com/image/17079671.html |archive-date=July 30, 2009}} An MSNBC article called The Ivy "a celebrity beehive that sees a constant stream of Hummers, Mercedes and Jaguars pull up and discharge folks who pay through the nose to be seen eating in public".{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/lindsay-lohan-taking-road-taradise-wbna14158057 |title=Lindsay Lohan taking the road to Taradise; hard-partying actress would do well to slow down before career is gone |last=Ventre |first=Michael |date=August 3, 2006 |website=Today.com |access-date=June 11, 2019 }}
Notable patrons
Lil' Kim and her "raucous entourage", "kept the sidecars flowing till closing at the tony Robertson Boulevard restaurant" while she was in Los Angeles working on her third solo album, according to a 2002 Los Angeles Times story.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/161491621.xml?dids=161491621:161491621&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+05%2C+2002&author=Heidi+Siegmund+Cuda&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Club+Buzz%3B+A+Lil'+Shindig+at+the+Ivy+for+Kim+and+Pals&pqatl=google |title=Club Buzz; A Lil' Shindig at the Ivy for Kim and Pals |last=Cuda |first=Heidi Siegmund |date=September 5, 2002 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |page=F.39 |access-date=June 11, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130731192550/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/421746643.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep%2005,%202002&author=Heidi%20Siegmund%20Cuda&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Club%20Buzz |archive-date=July 31, 2013}} Paris Hilton's brother Barron held a birthday "bash" at The Ivy in 2004.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2004/10/26/parishilton/ |title=Paris brings some glamour to Barron's birthday bash |date=October 26, 2004 |magazine=Hello! |access-date=June 11, 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://theivyrestaurants.com/}}
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